Heating and cooling device



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Patented Jan. 21, 1930 UNIT-ED STATES A RTHUR HENRY IBARKER, F 'WESTMINSTER, LONDON, ENGLAND HEATING AND COOLING DEVICE Application led January 19, 1929, Serial No. 333,615, and in Great Britain` December 30, 1927.

This invention relates to heating and cooling devices for buildings and `other structures, the said devices being of the type 1n which an extended heat radiating plate `is maintained at a substantially even and relatively low temperature either by the circulation or'flow of hot fluid through passages cast on the back of the plate or otherwise formed in close contact therewith or by the passage of an electrical current through. a

coil or other electrical heating element situated in such passages or in close contact with the plate.

According to the invention the heating plates are made of suitable length to constltute a single continuous heating unit or are made in sections to constitute single sectional heating units and dummy plates or sections are provided for use in connection with the said units which in their external appearance are substantially identical or in keeping with the heatingunits. andhave means whereby they can be hinged or otherwise displaceably arranged close to adjacent heating units for coveringthe space occupied by the valves, taps or switches and the parts associated therewith for controlling the supply of the heating fluid or current so that such parts cannot be seen but are easily ac? cessible for'inspection or repair when necessary by displacing the dummy plates: The dummy plates also have holes opposite the actual operating members of the valves, etc., behind the dummy plates to enable said operating members to be reached from the outslde without displacing the dummy plates such holes however are so unobtrusivethatthey are vnot readily observable and-do not therefore materially laffect the similitude of theA dummy plates with the heating elements which I desire' to preserve.

In order that the said invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into scribed with reference 1:0 the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1- is a front elevation of sectlonal heating units and a dummy plate 1n the position they occupy when applied as a dado to the wall of the room to be heated.`

. ing units in appearance except for the holes effect, the same will now be more fully de- Figure 2 is a sectional plan taken approximately on the line 2, 2 of Figure 1h.

Figure 3 isa verticalsectional elevationl taken approximately on the line 3, 3 of Figure 1. 55

Figures 4 and 5 are similar views to Figure 3 showing modifications. Figures 6 and 7 are respectively an elevation partly in section and a vertical section taken approximately on the line 7, 7 of Figure 6-of the heating units when arranged vertically on the wall of the room to be heated.

A, A are the heating plates or units having longitudinally and transversely arranged heating passages a, a1 integrally formed with the back thereof. B is one of the dummy plates or sections which are displaceably arranged close to the adjacent heating units for covering the space within which are accommodated the valves C of the hot Huid circulating pipes c, c and the parts with which they are associated, or the switches if the heating is effected electrically. These dummy plates are in keeping with the heatb which are provided for enabling the stems c1 of the valves C (or the electrical switches) to be readily reached from the outside Without the necessity of displacing the said dummy plates, the said stems c1 being situated out of view behind the back surface of the dummy plates. -In some cases thel dummy plates may be made completely detachable and secured Vin place by means of screws extending through holes Vregistering with'corre'sponding screw-threaded holes in lugs or flanges formed on the adjacent heating units, the said holes in the dummy plates being countersunk to receive correspondingly shaped heads of the screws. The h'oles in the dummy plates would be preferably elongated to allow of the slight relative movement which takesv place during expansion or contraction of the parts. rIhe dummy plates are, however, preferably made displaceable -without complete detachment in which case they may be in the form of a hinged door (see Figures l and 2),or in the form of a sliding panel. The dummy plates are made 10o somewhat shorter or of less width than the normal space existing between two successive heating units so that when the individual heating units expand under the influence of heat this space is reduced without generating longitudinal stresses.

In Figures 1 to 3 the pipes c, c for the heating fluid are situated outside the skirting board D and reach the uptake pipes 02 leading to the valves C by branches c3 extending horizontally through said skirting board. In Figures 4 and 5 the pipes c, 0 are arranged behind the skirting board so as to be hidden from view, the skirting board being made of metal like the heating units. In Figure 5 the pipes c, c form part of the back or inner surface of the skirting board and in this case only the dado portion of the dummy plate is made detachable.

lVhere the heating units are arranged vertically and the controlling valves, taps or switches and the parts with which they are associated are situated in a space at the bottom as in Figures 6 and 7, the dummy plate is arranged in front of this space and is made in keeping with the skirting board D and the contigous parts of the heating unit above, said dummy plate being secured in place by screws or made displaceable in the form of a hinged door. l

When the heating units are of sectional form as shown the sections are attached together by nipples, bolts or other appropriate means and if the heating is effected by hot fluid the said means of attachment are such as to permit of a continuous flow of the hot fluid in a fluid-[tight manner between successive sections and if the heating is effected electrically the means of attachment are such as to permit of the aplicat-ion or insertion in position of the electrically heated coils or elements employed.

The invention has been described in'connection with heating but it is suitable also for cooling purposes.

In some cases the dummy plates may bey cast from the same pattern as the heating sections but with the heating passages at the back stopped off.

By the term displaceably arranged, Iintend to include displacement of the dummy plate with or without its complete detach-- ment.

What I do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A heating device for buildings and other structures, comprising a plurality of heat ra-A diating plates with their adjacent edges in contact and applied to the Wall of the room to be heated in the form of a dado, said plates -having heating passages arranged at the back thereof, means for supplying and controlling a heating medium to said passages, and dummy plates in keeping With the appearance of said dado'displaceably carried by said heatboard, and means for supplying and controlling a heating medium from said conduitsto said heat radiating plates, said dummy plates covering said heat-controlling means and parts associated therewith and having means for enabling said controlling means to be readily reached. v

3. A heating device for buildings and other structures, comprising a plurality of heat radiating plates having heating passages integrally formed with the back thereof, said plates being applied in the form of a dado to the wall of the room to be heated, a skirting board, heat supply conduits arranged at the back of said skirting board, means for supplying and controlling a heating medium from said conduits to the passages of said dado, dummy plates-in keeping with the appearance of said dadoand skirting board Vand displaceably arranged adjacent thereto, said dummy plates covering said heat-controlling and supplying means and enabling said means to be inspected or repaired, .and operating members forming part of said heatlatter.

ARTHUR HENRY BARKER. 

